The Ladies' Room Reader: The Ultimate Women's Trivia Book

by Alicia Alvrez

2000 MJF hardcover, Alicia Alvrez (The Big Book of Women's Trivia). Fifty-seven percent of women would rather shop than have sex. Jodie Foster was born Ariane Munker, and Lauren Bacall, Betty Joan Perske. Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, both nominated for Best Supporting Actress Oscars for The Color Purple, were the first two African-American women nominated in the same year for the same category. At the height of her popularity, screen star Betty Grable had her legs insured for 25,000 - a modest sum compared to the 650,000 policy Fred Astaire took out on his feet! - Amazon

306 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Lois · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting book of trivia but a bit dated.

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting collection of trivia. Some is based on statistics and so could have changed in the 16 years since its publication. In some cases things are quite incomplete and just a year of occurrence would have helped a lot. Sometimes what's missing is the location. No direct references are given for the facts and in some cases I suspect that she's just repeating what other trivia collections say. There are some sources given at the back in a bibliography.
Chapters are: Women get malled (I shop therefore I am); Painted ladies (cosmetics and clothing uncovered); Of cabbages and queens (feminine food fancies); Women in bed (connubial conjugations and other erogenous activities); The feminine physique (fascinating facts about the female form); Truly, Madly, Deeply (ladies look at love, marriage and the baby carriage); Barks, coos, and purrs (promise me anything but don’t diss my dog); Entertaining women (shining stars, audacious artists, and daring divas); Shattering the ceiling (fabulous firsts and other fantastic female feats).